英语词汇“weary”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	weary
释义	wea·ry I. \ˈwirē, ˈwēr-, -ri\ adjective (-er/-est) Etymology: Middle English wery, from Old English wērig; akin to Old Saxon wōrig weary, Old High German wuorag intoxicated, Old English wōrian to wander, totter, Old Norse ōrar (plural) fits of madness, Greek hōrakian to faint 1. a. : having the strength much impaired by toil or exertion : worn out in respect to strength, endurance, vigor < followed by troops of weary, dirty children — Irving Bacheller > < weary wings that rise and fall all day long — Edna S. V. Millay > b. : having lost freshness or virtue or usefulness < if another leftover is some weary noodles — R.P.Smith > < programs on television have degenerated into weary, predictable repetitions of each other — Edwin O'Connor > 2. : expressing or characteristic of weariness < weary, disillusioned note of futility in our life — J.C.Powys > < a weary sound that was not a sigh nor a groan — Charles Dickens > 3. : having one's patience, tolerance, or pleasure exhausted : impatient of the continuance or recurrence of something — used with of < councils grew weary of reiterating a demand which could not be enforced — R.W.Southern > < weary to death of this eight years profitless war — Harold Nicolson > 4. : exhausted by suffering or sorrow : mentally or spiritually fatigued : sad < effete, weary, burnt-out revolutionists — H.F.Mooney > < a world grown weary with fear — Robert Payne > 5. : causing weariness of body or spirit < ahead of them lay many weary miles of desert sand — G.F.Hudson > : tiresome, tedious < bacon, beans, and bread make a weary meal three times a day — Allan Seager > 6. Scot & dialect England a. : sickly, puny, weak b. : wretched, grievous, unfortunate, disastrous II. adverb (-er/-est) : wearily, wearyingly III. verb (-ed/-ing/-es) Etymology: Middle English werien, from Old English wērigian, wērgian, from wērig weary *intransitive verb* 1. : to become weary : tire < tendency to weary of burdens — Dean Acheson > 2. : to become exhausted in patience, tolerance, or liking < telling stories when they wearied of cards and games — A.B.Paterson > < people weary of old lies — Stuart Chase > 3. : to wait wearily : long or pine in expectation < paced up and down … wearying for the boat to get around — William Black > < wearying in spiritual wastes of sand and thorns — C.E.Montague > 4. : to bring on weariness : become monotonous or boring : pall *transitive verb* 1. : to reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance of : fatigue < think out a solution without wearying the body by needless movement — James Hewitt > 2. : to make mentally or spiritually weary : exhaust the patience or tolerance of < exceeds and wearies credibility — John Mason Brown > < anxieties that lined his forehead and wearied his mind — Lennox Robinson > — often used with out < paternal affection was not yet wearied out — T.B.Macaulay > Synonyms: see tire IV. \ˈwiri\ noun (-es) Etymology: probably from wary (I) Scotland : curse, plague — used in mild imprecation < oh, weary on the wars — Sir Walter Scott >
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